| marcin has hit the nail on the head there is no real trick to panning shots its pretty much all practice, i would also add that your stance is very important! standing feet together holding the camera like a rabbit eating a carrot will never work, you should have your feet apart with one hand supporting the lens and the other supporting the body there is no need for any "white knuckle hanging on for dear life" gripping of the camera just let it rest in your hands. Plan your shot and try to read the track ie, is there any bumps? is the subject going to be moving away or coming towards you? then plan exactly where in your arc you want the shot taken, you should start your pan way before your pre determined "shoot point" and carry on panning after you have taken your shots, personally i dont like just holding the shutter down and filling the buffer i normally shoot in bursts of 3 this may just be down to personal technique.
As for image stabilizers.............for statics great.......for panning you gain very very little from them. |